HMS Mickleham (M2710)

HMS Mickleham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class minesweeper of inshore minesweepers.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Mickleham in Surrey.

History

 * Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
 * Sold by admiralty in 1966.
 * Purchased by John Stanley Gordon of Gordon Keeble sports car fame.
 * Renamed 'Katherine of Gower'
 * Converted to charter yacht and completed in 1970s.
 * Sold to Saudi Arabian interests in the 1980s.